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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Can palm biodiesel provide quick relief for Malaysia amid Iran war?
Malaysia plans phased expansion of biodiesel programme, minister says
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
Research to look at UK palm oil use
12/07/2010 (ITN) - A research programme is set to examine the extent that palm oil is used by UK consumers in an attempt to stop deforestation, the Government has announced.
Degraded Land, Sustainable Palm Oil, and Indonesia’s Future
13/07/2010 (World Research Institute (WRI)) - A new policy to develop oil palm on degraded land could protect Indonesia’s forests. But what does “degraded†really mean?
Palm oil industry and poverty reduction
12/07/2010 (Jakarta Post) - Writing in the International Herald Tribune late last year, Tun Dr. Lim Yeng Kaik, a former senior Malaysian Cabinet minister, characterized the campaign of Western environmental activists to restrict the palm oil industry as the environmental version of the “White Man’s Burdenâ€. The aim was to impose western values on colonial peoples. He coined the term the Green Man’s burden.
Coco-oil producers seek demand-charge review
12/07/2010 (Business Mirror) - LOCAL coconut-oil producers are pushing for a review of the computation used by transmission companies for their transmission demand charge after some mills in Mindanao registered up to a 79-percent hike in their per-kilowatt-hour (kWh) rate from January to May.
June palm oil stocks fall in Malaysia
12/07/2010 (Commodity Online) - Palm oil stocks in Malaysia tumbled to 10 month lows in June as exports surprisingly outpaced a weaker-than-expected recovery in production.
India\'s June vegoil imports seen down 18 pct y/y
12/07/2010 (International Business Times) - India's vegetable oil imports in June probably fell 18 percent from a year ago, as farmers and traders sold oilseed reserves ahead of the summer planting season, pushing down domestic prices.
Crude palm oil rises on spot demand
12/07/2010 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil price rose by Rs four to Rs 368 in futures trade today, as speculators indulged in creating fresh positions on expectations of a rise in demand in the spot market.
Australian grocers join palm oil talks
12/07/2010 (Australian Network News) - The World Wildlife Fund has welcomed news that Australia's peak grocery industry body has signed up to a roundtable conference on sustainable palm oil.
Plan to Save Indonesia\'s Forests Hits Snags
12/07/2010 (The Wall Street Journal), Indonesia - A widely hailed new project to restrict forest-clearing in Indonesia over the next two years is turning out to be more complicated than expected and could leave large areas of the country unprotected, as environmentalists and industry groups fight over terms of the deal before it takes effect in January.
